Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
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FIVE HUN19RBD THOUSAND a}ligators
are killed yearly for their skins.
The 1000 convicts in Sing Sing
prison eat UweEty-one barrels of flour
daily.
II certainly is afact that land theo-
ries emanate mainly from mem who
own no land.-CEscagD Times.
FoRTY-oNE books written by mem
bers of the Yale ia gulty have been pub
lished within the past six years.
IF the craftsmanship of the Senate
prorated it's bank account it would be
the brainiest body on earth.-Mgin
(3Al News.
1T is stated that Krupp has an or
der from Russia for large number~of
forty three-ton guns to- be delivered
next spring at Sebastopol
ITcost the state of Florida $4,000
to try and acquit A. W. New ton on O.
charge Of having murdered Mr.. Mo-
MILAN. The trial lasted three years.
A WmBI4MsPoRT pa. J man has g..
pair of anrlers measuring feet be-
tween the tips, which we're taken from
the head Of q buck killed on Pine
Creekreoen6ly.
DURING the past year SIS, 284, 386
was expended for educational purposes
in the state of New York. Of this
amount SO, 1OZ2 68 was for teachers
wages. There are 81, 325 school-teach-
ers and 1,735, 073 school children in
the state.
i A BOOZE has recently made it's ap-
pearance in, Boston with the title of
s. Zobar." It makes a clerk hook real
.angry to have a. lady rush in and re-
mark, "Yourg-man do you keep 10
sbar p YOnkerg Sta tesnan.
+ Blythe annual report of the Boston
fire department, recently issued. it ap-
pears that there are in that city 49,
k13T dwelling houses, 81 hotels, 1888
ESstores, and 5,057 other buildings,
valued for-taxable purposes at $685.
100000.
\ A MAN at Grass Valley has been ar
crested and fned' because his wife, in
1.-The purssRit of household duties, drove
some nails into g. broken boz at an
hour of the night which g. ne5ghbor
schose to think was unseemly.-San
Francisco Chroa5oIe.
! TwENEY4oNE years ago the steamer
\ Brother Jonathan went down off the
| Oregon coast with $4,000, OOOin specie
E on board. Various unsuccessful Efforts
have been made-to get the money, and
/ now another effort on an elaborate
scale is TO be made.
! CONSCIENCE sFREJK3N.-FMst Broker
! az see that the Standard Oil Com
! pany is improving its codeof morals"
{ Second Broker-"How rs that?"
First Broker-.sIt has Just bought a,
railroad. Formerly, it would only
have bought the officials. "-Puck.
In 1850 Chicago had less than 3d.
900 people, philadelphia $40, 900 and
New York SIS ,OO0;.in 1880 Chicago
had 500, 0C0, Philadelphia SAT, 900
and New York L 2D6,O00. In other
words, Chicago, Notwithstanding it's
enormous growth, had aot added as
many thousands as eitker Of the old
er cities.
THE; day Of horse ears on our
crowded streets 81 drawing to B. close.
Tbs is ths~age o2fmachinery, and pas
sengers can. be moved by much more
economical, moRee efficient, and cleaner
agencies than animaE power. Ia O.
short tirae. they will be as much be-
aind the age as stage coaches and
50wn cr.ers. Boston Herald.
Il AT STA Lawrence, Saturday, Epos
Bragg, Of that place, and Frank Nor
Rgan, of Belle Pain, Ia, traded hozses.
Il Bragg went to Mofgan's place to get
II his new horse. but he died befo2e he
/ got min home, while Morgan got his
horse from Bragg,s barn, but the ami
NAL broke down about hall way home
and had to be. killed.-Detroit Post.
NoWADAYspeopae nod; they used to
bow That is to say, in the hurry
ano4 conterapt for forms which this
generation rather affects there is q
dispositions to do away with ceremo-
ni9usness. There is g. quick recogni.
ton and rushing on to attend to
business which seems to show more
greed tAan graciousness. - Boston
Record.
b MALcosa has an old Aliad woman
awho imaglnes and mainsaias she cssn
=Esee by shaking O. piece of tin in the
fdirectlon Of objects she wants to Look
at. She has q fragment of OLD tin
roofing which she always carries, and
thus she sees. PeoplB who know her
say that she can readily recognize her
neighbors by shaking this piece, of tin
in their faces.-Sawannah News.
OMAHA man tat q restaarant) -
"May trouble You for the salt 3''
Cowboy from Way bet
you kin, stranger. Don'5 care for
salt myself" 81 should consider it a.
very necessary part of diet. A Berlin
scientist proves conclusiVely that the
generous use of salt is conducive to
longevity" "Well, there's no denyin'
that fellers as is too fresh don't live
long out our way Omaha World.
"WHy," asked tho teacher, "did
Payne write There is no place ike
honey" Because" replied the
smart bad boy, sit was the truth.
He had no home, and, Of course,
there was no place like a place that
wasn't anywhere" And the teacher
started to mark him zero. bat stopped
and got to thinking and thinking, and
finally told him that wasn't correct,
and marked him perfect.-Rrooklyn
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